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The Grant County varsity cheerleader’s careers may be ending, but not before they made history.

This group of six seniors are the first to help the program earn back-to-back trips to the state competition.

“All the years that we’ve cheered, it adds up to what we are now,” Lakeshia Crabtree said. “It’s all worth it. Going to state two years in a row is a major accomplishment for us and it all adds up in the end.”

Mercifully the regular season has finally ended for this year’s Kentucky Wildcats. The season that started with so much hope officially ended with a thud as Kentucky fell at Florida 60-53 on March 7. The loss left the Cats with a 19-12 record while also almost certainly ending a streak of 17 straight NCAA Tournament appearances. Sure, if Kentucky could pull off their best Georgia Bulldogs impersonation from last season and win the SEC Tournament they would earn the conference’s automatic bid, but have you seen this team play lately? OK, play might be a li

Sarah Dunn was the lone senior on the Williamstown varsity cheerleading squad, but she relished the opportunity of leading by example and working with her mom, Tina, as the coach.

“This year has definitely been a fun year,” Sarah said. “Two years ago, we had Jennifer Eckler as the coach and it was right in the middle. We had serious and fun moments. With Angie Williams as coach last year, it was serious, but it was fun because we were really good. This year has been all fun. It’s been good because I’ve had a good mixture in all my years.”

The GCHS freshmen boys’ basketball team earned the district championship to end the 2008-09 season.

The team worked hard to develop their skills and were eager to learn from their coach, Tyler Jones.

“I wanted my boys to develop as a team and also as young men,” Jones said. “They were very eager to learn and worked extremely hard to accomplish their goals. They are an exceptional group of young men that rallied together.”

The Braves finished the season 17-3, developing the desire to win as the season went along.

After their performance at the KAPOS state competition, the Grant County High School varsity cheerleaders were anxious to compete again and show how talented they are.

The girls dropped four stunts at the state competition, but at the NKCCA competition on Feb. 22, the girls brought home a second place finish.

“It was a big competition, but they did well,” coach Leigh Simpson said. “The point for varsity was to redeem themselves to prove that they could do what they did at region and they did just that. They walked off the mat so proud.”